Shadows and Dust

After spending so much time with Eska it felt almost strange to not have her at his side, even if it was just for a day. He had easily fallen into a comfortable rhythm of life along side her and even though he still felt the same glimmers of electricity each time they touched, he had stayed the course. He was determined to help her be comfortable here and even more determined to let their relationship grow. He was a man of bad habits and it had taken him falling into the same tropes and the same painful habits again and again to finally get it through his thick skull that something had to change. Eska had reminded him of that. She was worth every single moment.

He went about his normal routines around the pack lands and doing his patrols, always waiting expectantly to round and corner and find Eska there. He didn't though, she did genuinely keep herself away from the castle for the entirety of the day and it wasn't until after the sun began to set that he heard her howl for him, immediately taking him away from his task in order to go find her. He grew exceedingly curious as he went further and further out into the Starlit Plains, finally spotting her graceful, silver marked form laid across a fur that she had clearly spread out for them, his silver gaze drifting across the spread she had created for them with a curious eye, a grin pulling across his face.

"Well, what's all this?" he asked with a chuckle, leaning his head down to her cheek to affectionately tap her with his nose, his tail wagging slowly behind him.

Ulric Adravendi